Kashmiri papier-mache (kar-i-qalamdani)Eco-friendly materialsPapier-Mache Hanging Ornament
Srinagar, Kashmir
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Channapatna lac-turneryEco-friendly
Miniature Wooden Elephant
Channapatna, Karnataka
A palm-sized elephant turned from soft ivory wood and finished in layers of coloured lac, polished to a smooth sheen with a dry screwpine leaf. The dyes are vegetable-based, in the tradition Channapatna toys are known for. It sits solidly on a desk or shelf, pleasant to pick up and hold.
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The hands behind it
- The craft
- Lac-turned woodwork
- The place
- Channapatna, Karnataka
- The hands
- A block of ivory wood is shaped on a lathe, and colour is applied by pressing a lac stick against the spinning piece until it melts into the grain.
Buying handmade keeps a craft in work. That is the whole model — no middle story.
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